Read in Color
The Cynthia Graham Hurd Foundation and Reading Partners team up for Book Drive from Staff Reports The Cynthia Graham Hurd Foundation and Reading Partners recently announced that they are kicking off their 6th annual book drive to promote literacy in memory of Cynthia...
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Save the Mall
A Facebook page has been created to support the revitalization of Citadel Mall, where voices local and beyond can be heard chiming in on what to do next. Earlier this month, this paper and other media outlets reported that West Ashley’s commercial cornerstone had been...
Troubled Signs
Local firefighters worked hard last Thursday to contain a fire at Robert and Sons Signs Company, the local outfit responsible for West Ashley’s landmark Coburg Cow signage. Just after dusk, the St. Andrews Fire Department, aided by other local safety personnel,...
Green Wave Too Much For Wildcats
West Ashley High School (WAHS) dropped its first loss of the season to neighboring Summerville High School on the road last friday night 35-14. Both teams are now 4-1 on the season. WAHS started the game with electric excitement as Senior Anthony Dobbins returned the...
Built to Last
West Ashley residents Sharon and R.C. Foster have weathered many storms, demonstrate solidarity as a couple, and are one of the strongest Mom ’n Pop business leaders in the Charleston area. They own a PostNet franchise in West Ashley, where they are known for their...
Three’s A Crowd
It will be a three-way race to replace Robert Ford as the state senator representing Dist. 42, with two major party candidates and one Libertarian, in the Oct. 1 special election. A Democrat and Civil Rights veteran who served in the state Senate since 1993, Ford...
Antique “Gasolier” Lights Installed at Magnolia
Eight antique light fixtures have been installed in Magnolia Gardens’ main house as part of a continuing effort to return the nine-room mansion to the style when the house was the scene of lavish parties before the Charleston Renaissance. Seven of the fixtures are...
WAHS Knocks off Colleton County 35-28
West Ashley High School beat the Colleton County Cougars 35-28 last Friday night at Wildcat Stadium to reach a perfect 4-0 record for the first time in school history. The game was a story of two halves as the Wildcat defense held the Cougars scoreless in the first...
It’s Not [m]All Good
One of West Ashley’s main commercial cornerstones has apparently been shaken. This week, Citadel Mall, the 1.1 million-square-foot shopping and dining destination, has entered into foreclosure. According to multiple media reports, CBL & Associates, the mall’s...
Run Against Domestic Violence
A memorial run and crossfit competition will be held in Mt. Pleasant in honor of a fallen West Ashley woman. Two years ago, the body of Amanda Jo Kalman, 25, was found in her Forest Lakes subdivision home, the victim of a brutal stabbing. Her husband has been arrested...
Green Thumbs Up
Twenty volunteers from Blackbaud came to West Ashley on Friday to begin work on the planting boxes on what will be the Charleston Parks Conservancy community garden at the corner of Magnolia and Sycamore roads. The volunteers were taking part in the Untied Way's...
